Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. Mgr. Andrej Kalaš, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Kalaš
I.2 - Name
Andrej
I.3 - Degrees
prof. Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1974
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava/Faculty of Arts/Department of Philosophy and History of Philosophy
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 811 02 Bratislava 1
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
andrej.kalas@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3984
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
philosophy
I.11 - ORCID iD
0009-0001-9883-7911

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava - Faculty of Arts
II.b - Year
2000, 2004
II.c - Study field and programme
Philosophy - Latin language and literature; Classical languages: Greek language and literature
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava - Faculty of Arts
II.b - Year
2005
II.c - Study field and programme
History of Philosophy
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava - Faculty of Arts
II.b - Year
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
Philosophy
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava - Faculty of Arts
II.b - Year
2025
II.c - Study field and programme
Philosophy
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Associate Professor Comenius University in Bratislava - Faculty of Arts 2020 - present
Associate Professor Comenius University in Bratislava - Faculty of Arts 2010 - 2020
Assistant Professor Comenius University in Bratislava - Faculty of Arts 2002 - 2010

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Pedagogical mobility Erasmus+ Regular and frequent internships at various universities in Greece, Cyprus, Czech Republic 2010 - 2025
One semester long course in Latin reading Lucretius Masaryk's University in Brno, Faculty of Arts, Institute of classical studies 2008
Scientific internship Scientific Internship on the University of Cyprus in Nikosia 2011
Language courses in Greece University of Ioannina, University of Rhodes 2000 - 2002
Scientific internship with a semester course Stoics Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Instititute of Philosophy and Religious Studies 2003

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
History of Philosophy 1: Ancient Philosophy Philosophy I. Philosophy
History of Philosophy 1: Ancient Philosophy Classical Languages I. Philology
Histofy of Philosophy I: Ancient Philosophy Teaching academic subjects: Philosophy in combination I. Philosophy
Histofy of Philosophy I: Ancient Philosophy Philosophy in combination - interdisciplinary study I. Philosophy
History of Philosophy I: Ancient Philosophy Latin Language and Culture I. Philology
other Philology
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Classical Languages I. Philology
Latin Language and Culture I. Philology
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
5
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
6
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
3
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
History of Philosophy sociology I. Sociology and Social Anthropology
History of Philosophy various non-philosophical programmes I. various
Ancient Philosophy various non-philosophical programmes I. various
Elementary Greek Language Philosophy I. Philosophy
Elementary Greek Language Teaching academic subjects: Philosophy in combination I. Philosophy
Aristotle's Ethics Philosophy I. Philosophy
Bachelor theses seminar 1 Philosophy I. Philosophy
Bachelor theses seminar 2 Philosophy I. Philosophy
Philosophy of Education Pedagogy, andragogy I. Pedagogy
Stoicism: Fate or Freedom Philosophy II. Philosophy
I Philosophy
Philosophy of Education Pedagogy in combination I Pedagogy
Hellenistic Philosophy Philosophy II Philosophy
Hellenistic Philosophy Teaching academic subjects: Philosophy in combination II Philosophy
Stoicism: Fate or Freedom Philosophy II Philosophy

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
118
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
35
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
29
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
316
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
68
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
102
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
29
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
11
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
6
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

AAA Kalaš, A. (100%): Raný pyrrhonismus neboli blažený život bez hodnot? Praha: Oikoymenh, 2007, pp. 143, ISBN 978-80-7298-300-1

2

ADD Kalaš, A. (100%): Filozofické aspekty Horáciovho diela. In: Filozofia. vol. 72, no. 2 (2017), p. 114-127, ISSN (print) 0046-385X.

3

AAB Kalaš, A. (30%) - Cepko, J. (18%) - Suvák, V. (52%) : Diogenis fragmenta. Diogenove zlomky. - Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2016. pp. 456, ISBN 978-80-223-4099-1.

4

ADD Kalaš, A. (100%) : Vplyv kynizmu na stoicizmus. In: Filozofia. vol. 57, no. 6 (2002), p. 405-430., ISSN (print) 0046-385X.

5

AAB Cepko, Jaroslav (27% [5,00 AH]) - Kalaš, Andrej [UKOFIDF] (28% [5,00 AH]) - Suvák, Vladislav (45% [8,18 AH]): Aeschinis Socratici fragmenta = Zlomky Aischina zo Sfétta : úvodná štúdia, grécky a latinský text, preklad zlomkov a komentár. - 1. vyd.- Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2020. pp. 268. [18,18 AH] [print]. - (Fontes Socraticorum ; zv. 3) Lit.: 68 zázn. ISBN 978-80-223-4911-6

POZNÁMKA: 2. vyd. - Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2021. ISBN 978-80-223-5167-6.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

V1 Kalaš, Andrej [UKOFIDF] (50%) - Zelinová, Zuzana [UKOFIDF] (50%): Hesiodov svet vo veršoch: pramene a interpretácie. Bratislava : IRIS - Vydavateľstvo a tlač, 2022, 234 s, ISBN 978-80-8200-084-2 (monograph)

2

V3 Kalaš, Andrej (Autor) (100%): The Stoic Cosmos, The Freedom of the Stoic and the Akrasia. In: Studia philosophica: vědecký recenzovaný časopis . Brno (Česko) : Masarykova univerzita. Roč. 70, č. 1 (2023), s. 31-47 – ISSN 1803-7445. – ISSN (online) 2336-453X. (scientific paper).

3

P1 Kalaš, Andrej [Autor, 100%]: Antická filozofia (1.): Predsokratovská filozofia. Bratislava (Slovensko) : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2023. 138 s. [9,14 AH]. – ISBN 978-80-223-5391-5 (textbook for university students).

4

V1 Kalaš, Andrej [Autor, 50%] ; Zelinová, Zuzana [Autor, 50%]: Hésiodos ako učiteľ Grékov: pramene, preklady a interpretácie didaktickej poézie práce a dni, štít. Bratislava: IRIS - Vydavateľstvo a tlač, 2025, 281 s ISBN 978-80-8200-142-9 (monograph)

5

V1 Cepko, Jaroslav [Kritický editor, 30%] ; Suvák, Vladislav [Kritický editor, 50%] ; Kalaš, Andrej [Kritický editor, 20%]: Philosophorum Megaricorum fragmenta. Zlomky megarikov. Prešov: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove. Vydavateľstvo Prešovskej univerzity, 2025. – 318 s. (Fontes Socraticorum ; 7), ISBN 978-80-555-3613-2 (critical commented translation).

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

ABB Kalaš, A. (12%) - Suvák, V. (88%): Antisthenove zlomky : text, preklad a komentár. Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského, 2013, s. 29-540, ISBN 978-80-223-3447-1 [o1] 2015 Porubjak, M.: Umiernená zúrivosť (nová rola thuridos alké u Tyrtaia). In: Studia philosophica, vol. 62, no. 2, 2015, p. 30 - SCOPUS.

2

ABB Kalaš, A. (12%) - Suvák, V. (88%): Antisthenove zlomky : text, preklad a komentár. Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského, 2013, p. 29-540, ISBN 978-80-223-3447-1. [o1] 2017 Gajda-Krynicka, J.: Criticism as the basis for the procedures of hypothetical dialectic in Plato s philosophy. In: Thinking critically : what does It mean? Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2017, p. 25-46 - SCOPUS 

3

ABB Kalaš, A. (12%) - Suvák, V. (88%): Antisthenove zlomky : text, preklad a komentár. Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského, 2013, s. 29-540, ISBN 978-80-223-3447-1. [o1] 2019 Porubjak, M.: Theognis on breeding and learning : why Socrates should have quoted his verses in Plato's Meno. In: Polis, roč. 36, č. 3, 2019, S. 503.

4

ADD Kalaš, A. (100%): Diogenov postoj k ľudskej sexualite: hedonizmus alebo asketizmus? In: Filozofia. vol. 71, no. 2 (2016), p. 119-130, ISSN (print) 0046-385X             [o1] 2020 Patarák, M. - Pečeňák, J.: Dekonštrukcia anhedónie ako psychopatologického symptómu. In: Československá psychologie, vol. 64, no. 3, 2020, p. 321-341 - SCOPUS

5

AAB: Kalaš, A. (50%) - Zelinová, Z.: Fysiognómonika - zabudnuté antické umenie : (pramene a interpretácie). Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2021, 260 s., ISBN 978-80-223-5098-3. [o1] 2021 Suvák, V.: Good life and good death in the Socratic literature of the fourth century BCE. In: Ethics and Bioethics, roč. 11, č. 1-2, 2021, s. 13 - SCOPUS 

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

VEGA 1/0864/18 Ad Fontes Cynicorum Socraticorum - pramene a interpretácia sokratovského kynizmu. (Ad Fontes Cynicorum Socraticorum - Sources and Interpretation of Socratic Cynism.) VEGA 1/0864/18, 2018-2020, ľ (chief researcher ). The subject of the research project is the historical and philosophical reflection of the Socratic school of thought of ancient cynics. The specificity of the project is the application of the classical „ad fontes“ principle, complemented by the addition of the existing source base in the Slovak language and by interpretations of the newly created source bases in the form of scientific editions of other figures (Crates, Hipparchia, etc.) and interpretative works. The project focuses on the history of cynic ideas and proves that there was a strong non-Platonic tradition inspiring historical as well as present philosophical thought.) Description of the project: https://fphil.uniba.sk/fileadmin/fif/katedry_pracoviska/kfdf/Personal/Kalas/Granty/Ad_Fontes_Cynicorum.pdf                                      

Sicnificant output of the project: https://alis.uniba.sk:8444/lib/item?id=chamo:361746&fromLocationLink=false&theme=EPC                                                                                      

 https://alis.uniba.sk:8444/lib/item?id=chamo:363158&fromLocationLink=false&theme=EPC

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Aristippos a sokratika (Aristippus and the Socratic Movement) VEGA 1/0094/20, 2000-2022, scientific co-worker. The main aim of the project is to interpret Aristippus and the Cyrenaic school as the movement related to two ancient traditions: Socratic ethics and Greek skepticism. During the solution of the project, we are translating all preserved testimonies and doxographical evidences concerning Aristippus. The fragments are being accompanied by extensive commentaries.

3

Sto rokov klasických štúdií na Univerzite Komenského v Bratislave (100 years of Classical Studies at Comenius University in Bratislava), VEGA 1/0210/22, 2022 – 2025, scientific co-worker in the years 2024 - 2025, The aim of the project was to map and critically reflect on the history of classical philological research and related borderline disciplines (history, philosophy, linguistics, the history of Roman law, and biblical studies) at Comenius University in Bratislava as well as in the broader Slovak context. The major outcomes of the project included the publication of the Dictionary of Classical Philologists in Slovakia (2025) and the scholarly volume Scripta minora ad studia classica pertinentia, which historically document and critically evaluate the scholarly production in this field.

https://stella.uniba.sk/texty/FIF_EBL_UK_klasicke_studia_dejiny.pdf

https://stella.uniba.sk/texty/FIF_LSP_slovnik_klasickych_filologov_svk.pdf

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Miesto megarikov v sokratovskom hnutí (The place of Megarians in the Socratic Movement), 2023 - 2025, VEGA 1/0031/23, scientific co-worker, The main aim of the project is a complete translation of the fragments of Megarians and the interpretation of the basic themes they bring to the Socratic movement. The next goal is to expand our knowledge of the Socratic movement, which includes other personalities of the first-generation Socratics. One of the direct followers of Socrates Euclid of Megara founded the Megarian School. The Megarian line connects the Socratic search for the good life with the Eleatic tradition, because it considers the goal of life to be the Good. We plan to translate all preserved testimonies and doxographic reports about Euclid and his followers. The translations will be accompanied by an extensive commentary. At the same time, we plan to publish individual papers that will deal with the main topics related to the Megarians, as well as with the overall character of the Socratic movement. The project builds on previous editions of translations of Socratic authors.

Significant project output:

Monothematic Block in the journal Filozofia, 80 (2025), pp. 359 - 440: https://filozofia.sav.sk/index.php/sk/view/issue/regular/2025/3

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Paradigmatické zmeny v nazeraní na vesmír a človeka z filozofickej, teologickej a fyzikálnej perspektívy. (Changes in the Understanding of Universe and Man from Philosophical, Theological and Physical Perspectives) APVV project no. 18 - 0103, 2019-2023, scientific researcher. The presented project aims to provide a comprehensive view of evolution of the Universe and Man within it in the context of interdisciplinary overlaps of philosophical, theological, and physical perspectives. Solution of the main research objective will be based on the definition of paradigmatic changes in the evolutionary process and the position of the human being within it.  

Homepage of the project:     https://uniba.sk/veda/vedecke-projekty-a-granty/apvv/apvv180103/domovska-stranka/           

Significant outputs of the project:      https://uniba.sk/veda/vedecke-projekty-a-granty/apvv/apvv180103/vystupy-projektu/      

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Member of the Editorial Board of Filozofia - Journal for Philosophy Filozofia - Journal for Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences 2015-2019
Member of the Editorial Board of Pro-Fil - Journal for Philosophy Pro-Fil - An Internet Journal of Philosophy, Scopus, Czech Republic 2012 - present
Member of the Slovak Union of Classical Philologists The Slovak Union of Classical Philologists, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2000 - present
Coordinator of the Erasmus program on the Department of Philosophy and History of Philosophy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Arts Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2015 - present
Member of Slovak Society of Modern Greek Studies Member of Slovak Society of Modern Greek Studies, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2004 - present
Member of the Presidium of the Slovak Philosophical Association at the Slovak Academy of Sciences Slovak Philosophical Association at the Slovak Academy of Sciences 2023 - present
Member of the Academy of Humanist Studies Marsilio Ficino scientific society in Athens, Greece 2024 - present
Organisation of the Summer School of Ancient Philosophy in Greek language Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) 4.5.2025 - 10.5.2025

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
University of Ahens Athens, Greece 7/4-13/4/2008 Erasmus
Charles University in Prague Prague, Czech Republic, one semester long course Stoicism on the Institute of Philosophy and Religious Studies summer semester of the academic year 2002/2003 project of Jan Hus Education Foundation
Aristotelian University of Thessaloniky Thessaloniky, Greece regular and frequent stays and lectures, years 2008 - 2025 partner stays of Comenius University in Bratislava
Masaryk University in Brno Brno, Czech Republic, one semester long course Lucretius summer semester 2007/2008 project of Jan Hus Education Foundation
University of the Aegean Rhodes, Greece regular and frequent stays, years 2010-2023 Erasmus
University of Cyprus Cyprus, Nikosia 7/11/2011 - 18/12/2011 internship with lectures, scholarship from Republic of Cyprus
University of the Basque Country San Sebastian, Spain 1/2/2026 - 7/2/026 Erasmus, lectures in English

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Grand Prix 2000; Prices of Literárny Fond 2007,2008; since 2020 included in the Encyclopedia of Personalities of the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic, two completed doctoral students working in the scientific field, regular media appearances on professional topics in Slovak Radio (25/11/2019 programme "Príbeh na týždeň", 24/3/2021 programme "Kritikon" of the Radio Devín).  

Date of last update
2026-02-23